The Great online Apple Sale
p2pnet.net News:- You know how Apple computers are supposed to be more expensive than other computers?
Well, does around $25.50 a pop for an eMac look good to you?
That’s what Yahoo Japan Corp was selling them for recently online, and that’s why some 20,000 people ordered around 100 million, says Asahi Shimbun here, going on:
“The ridiculously cheap price was wrongly posted on the Internet on Wednesday and Thursday. Catena sent the price for a set of DVD software to Yahoo via an information-supply company that mistakenly put it under the computer, Catena officials said.
“Yahoo officials say Catena may also be at fault for the faux pas.
But, “We were not asked by Yahoo Japan to confirm the data in advance, a Catena official is quoted as saying.
“Catena sent the 2,787-yen price for the DVDs to Yahoo about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday,” adds Asahi Shimbun.
“Around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Catena asked Yahoo to delete the error. But it remained until 11 a.m.”
Catena officials said they’d entered a product code and price into Yahoo’s system in order to sell a set of five DVDs, says an Mainichi Daily News story here, adding:
“However the site listed the name and product number of an Apple computer, along with the price and a description of the product.”
April 25th, 2004 at 4:18 am
So does this mean that they will have to sell the computers at the lower price and take the hit or not 100 million???????
April 25th, 2004 at 5:45 am
OFF COURSE THEY WILL
April 25th, 2004 at 7:01 am
I dont think so
April 25th, 2004 at 4:34 pm
Dunno about the law in their country but in the UK if you price an item wrong then the company doesn’t need to sell them at the price of the error. Even though most people think they do they don’t have to.
April 25th, 2004 at 4:55 pm
In most circumstances a product on with a price tag is not an offer. It is what we call an Invitation to Treat offers. You ordering the item generally means, if the company have the item in stock you will take it for that price.
There are a few other issues here. Firstly and most important, is who in their write mind would beleive a computer is 25 bucks. Clearly there is a mistake somewhere in the chain. The person trying to purchase would be aware of that mistake by the crazy price. Forcing the company to accept the offers, would amount to unjust enrinchment to the persons trying to buy.
Just a typo, which a few gold diggers thought they would try to make a profit off. Nice try
April 25th, 2004 at 11:46 pm
F* that if I was the company I’d be furious if I was forced to sell computers for 25 bucks, people had to realize that price was obviously too good to be true.
April 26th, 2004 at 12:38 am
Screw you! I’m not a gold digger. I just wanted 200 new computers for personal reasons.
April 26th, 2004 at 2:01 am
Who in their right mind would spell the word “right” as write?
April 26th, 2004 at 2:20 am
apparently the website got out of it as they take the order via the net but a confirmation of the order must be sent out afterwards. I am guessing the fine print says that the company has the right to reserve numbers based on quantity etc…